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Provides classes and interfaces
for the mapping between Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
formatted values and their transfer syntax according to the Basic Encoding Rules
(BER).
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The <code>org.snmp4j.asn1</code> classes are capable of serializing of ASN.1
formatted values into a byte stream and deserializing the same from a byte
stream. There are three groups of classes/interfaces in this package:

<ul>
<li>The <code>BER</code> class implements the BER serialization and
  deserialization by providing static methods for encoding/decoding of
  primitive ASN.1 and Structure of Management Information (SMI) data types.
</li>
<li>The <code>BERSerializable</code> interface provides a common interface
  for all objects that are (de)serializable according to the Basic Encoding
  Rules (BER).
</li>
<li>The <code>BERInputStream</code> and the <code>BEROutputStream</code> provide
  optimized implementations for the serialization and deserialization
  of the <code>InputStream</code> and <code>OutputStream</code> abstract
  classes.
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
  The following UML class diagram shows the most important classes of the
  <code>org.snmp4j.asn1</code> package and their relationships
  (relationships to other packages are not shown):
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<img name="UML Class Diagram org.snmp4j.asn1" src="doc-files/org_snmp4j_asn1.gif"/>

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